Professor Parenting, a.k.a. Brandi Stupica, blogs about the ways in which her knowledge of how to raise healthy, well-adjusted kids collides with actually trying to do it.

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Avoiding Flame Retardants: Crib Mattresses

Baby’s crib mattress worried me more than any of the other
items I had to purchase for Frankie because he was going to spend more than 12
hours a day on it. Now that he’s here and has started flipping himself onto his
tummy to sleep with his face pressed up against the mattress, I’m certainly
happy that I made sure his crib mattress didn’t have any flame retardants for
him to breathe in. In the end, the crib mattress that I settled on was not only
free of flame retardants, it was also free of any toxic materials.